Mathematics - B

Speed – Time Graph

The graph show speed 𝑣 in m/s and time 𝑡 in seconds.

1. Find:

(a) The acceleration when 𝑡 = 4

(b) The total distance travelled

(c) The average speed for the whole journey.

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Answers: [1] (a) 1 2 m/s 2, (b) 675 m, (c) 11.25 m/s

2. Find:

(a) The total distance travelled

(b) The average speed for the whole journey

(c) The distance travelled in the first 10 seconds.

(d) The acceleration when 𝑡 = 20

Answers: [2] (a) 600 m, (b) 20 m/s, (c) 225 m

3. Find:

(a) The total distance travelled

(b) The distance travelled in the first 40 seconds,

(c) The acceleration when 𝑡 = 15

Answers: [3] (a) 600 m, (b) 387.5 m, (c) 0 m/s 2

4. Find:

(a) 𝑉 if the total distance travelled is 900 m,

(b) The distance travelled in the first 60 seconds

Answers: [4] (a) 20 m/s, (b) 750 m,

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5. Find:

(a) 𝑇 if the initial acceleration is 2 m/s 2

(b) The total distance travelled

(c) The average speed for the whole journey.

Answers: [5] (a) 8 s, (b) 496 m,

6. Given that the total distance travelled = 810 m, Find:

(a) The value of 𝑉,

(b) The rate of chance of the speed when 𝑡 = 30

(c) The time taken to travel the first 420 m of the journey
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Answers: [6] (a) 30 m/s, (b) −2 7 m/s2 , (c) 20 s

7. Given that the total distance travelled is 1.5 km, find:

(a) The value of 𝑉

(b) The rate of deceleration after 10 seconds.

Answers: [7] (a) 15 m/s, (b) 2.25 m/s 2

8. Given that the total distance travelled is 1.4 km,

and the acceleration is 4 m/s 2 for the 𝑇 seconds, find:

(a) The value of 𝑉

(b) The value of 𝑇

Answers: [8] (a) 40 m/s, (b) 10 s

9. A car travels from rest between two sets of traffic lights in 45 seconds.

The speed-time graph below gives information about this journey.

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(a) Calculate the acceleration of the car during the first 10 seconds of its journey.

(b) Find the total distance travelled by the car between the two sets of traffic lights.

(c) Find the average speed of the car on its journey between the two sets of traffic lights.
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Answers: [9] (a) 2, (b) 750, (c) 3
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10. A train, starting from rest, accelerates at a constant rate and attains a speed of 30 m/s after 30 seconds.

The train then travels at this speed for 5 minutes. The train then slows down at a constant rate and comes to

rest in 1 minute.

(a) Represent this information on a speed-time graph.

(b) Find the total distance, in metres, travelled by the train.

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Find:

(c) the average speed, in m/s, of the train,

(d) the rate, in m/s2, at which the train slows down. [Jan16/P1/Q28]
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Answers: [10] (b) 10 350 m, (c) 27 m/s, (d) 2 m/s2,

11. A car, starting from rest, accelerates at a constant rate and attains a speed of 25 m/s after

5 seconds. The car then travels at this speed for 20 seconds.

The car then slows down at a constant rate and comes to rest in 10 seconds.

(a) Represent this information on the speed-time graph.

Find, in m/s2:

(b) (i) the acceleration,

(ii) the rate at which the car slows down.

(c) Find the total distance, in m, that the car has travelled. [Jan12/P1/Q26]

Answers: [11] (b) (i) 5 m/s2, (ii) (−)2.5 m/s2, (c) 687.5 m,

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12.

The figure shows the speed-time graph for a journey lasting 3 hours. Find:

(a) the total distance, in km, travelled in the 3 hours,

(b) the average speed, in km/h, for the journey,

(c) for how many hours of the journey the actual speed was greater than the average. [May15/P1/Q20]

Answers: [12] (a) 75 km, (b) 25 km/h, (c) 1.5 hours,

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The speed-time graph shows information about the motion of a particle in a 7 hour period.

(a) Describe what the graph shows about the motion of the particle between 𝑡 = 2 and 𝑡 = 3.

(b) Calculate the total distance, in km, travelled by the particle in the 7 hours. [Jan14/P1/Q25]

Answers: [13] (b) 80 km,

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14. The diagram shows the speed-time graph for a car over a period of 160 seconds (s).

(a) Describe fully what the graph shows about the motion of the car between 110 s and 150 s.

Find:

(b) the total distance, in metres (m), moved by the car in the 160 s period,

(c) the average speed, in m/s to 3 significant figures, of the car for the 160 s period. [May13R/P1/Q22]

Answers: [14] (b) 2025 m, (c) 12.7 m/s,

15. At time 𝑡 = 0, a car was at rest at the point 𝑃. The car then travelled along a straight road.

Here is the speed-time graph for the first 20 seconds of this journey.

(a) Find the greatest speed, in km/h, of the car during the 20 seconds.

(b) Calculate an estimate of the acceleration, in m/𝑠 2 , of the car at the instant when 𝑡 = 4.

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A van travelled along the same road in the same direction as the car. The van passed the point 𝑃 at

time 𝑡 = 2. From the point 𝑃 the van travelled at a constant speed of 10 m/s for 4 seconds and

then travelled with constant acceleration to reach a speed of 20 m/s in 14 seconds.

(c) On the grid below, draw a speed-time graph for the van’s journey from 𝑃.
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The car travelled a distance of 416 3 m during the 20 seconds.

(d) Calculate how far the car was ahead of the van at time 𝑡 = 20. [May18/P2/Q11]
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Answers: [15] (a) 90, (b) 3 m/s2, (d) 166 3,

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